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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Ever wondered what’s in the neighborhood pond? Technology developed by researchers at the University of Houston will allow you to test for waterborne pathogens ...
Testing Instruments Water Quality Water Quality Monitoring Technology
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Glen Canyon Dam has greatly altered the Colorado River, inundating more than 150 miles of the Colorado River in Glen Canyon and transforming the ecosystem of ...
River Studies River Engineering Water Supply Dams
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
The state of Michigan is designating its section of Lake Erie as an impaired waterway because of damage to fish and other wildlife caused by harmful algal ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Droughts are a natural feature of the Australian environment. But the Millennium drought (or “Big Dry”), which ran from 1997 to 2010, was a wake-up call even ...
Government Agriculture Irrigation Drought Infrastructure
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new way to determine the rate at which nitrate pollution will make its way from groundwater ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
A new study has found heightened concentrations of some common substances in drinking water near sites where hydraulic fracturing has taken place. The ...
Groundwater Aquifer Fracking Groundwater Pollution Aquifer Treatment Fracking Technology
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With the global population projected to reach 9 billion in 2050, demand for food is expected to increase by over 50% in 2030 and 70% in 2050. ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
A half-share in South East Water, provider of water to more than two million customers across southern England, is up for sale for around £200 million. Two ...
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by Dr. Arvind Kumar, President- India Water Foundation
During 2015-2016, the activities conducted by India Water Foundation (IWF) were greatly influenced by momentous international developments like adoption of ...
Government Water Access Sanitation Climate Change Sustainability Water Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH)
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The four-turbine project, announced by General Electric, stores energy from the spinning blades by pumping water about 100 feet up inside the turbine ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Organica won GP Bullhound Connect Award 2016 in the Most Innovative Solution category. Connect Awards is a leading Cleantech industry event organized by GP ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Slovenian parliament adopts amendment that declares country’s abundant clean supplies are ‘a public good managed by the state’ and ‘not a market commodity’. ...
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The Dead Sea, a salt lake nestled by Israel, Jordan and the West Bank, is shrinking at an alarming rate - about 3.3 feet per year, according to the ...
Government Water Security Environment Climate Change Transboundary Water Resources Management Water Supply
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Tensions over water are nothing new and will increase as shortages mount. However, it is possible to avoid violent conflicts over this fundamental resource ...
Social Water Scarcity Water Security Water Cooperation & Conflict Drought Climate Change Groundwater Pollution Flood damage
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by Amir Dakkak, Water Source - Founder and CEO
With climate change’s threat increasing every day, Egypt is struggling to cope with water shortages and food production. It is expected that Egypt’s per ...
Academic Water Water Supply Scarcity Water Scarcity In Desert area Drought Access Agriculture & Forestry Government
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by Yoshimi Yoshida, Environmental Consultant
The number of dead trees in California’s drought-stricken forests has risen dramatically to more than 102 million in what officials described as an ...
Academic Water Environment Agriculture & Forestry Forest Conservation Fire Safety Forest Environmental Disaster Management
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The Bureau of Indian Standard is doing a very good work of standardization of investigation, design, construction and maintenance of water Resources Sector; ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
H2O Innovation Inc. announced that it won the Visionary Company of the Year prize at the 2016 Vision Trophy Awards for the Chamber of Commerce and Industry ...
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Current climate talks in Morocco are a golden opportunity for making strides on the adaptation of African agriculture. A unanimous decision on how to take ...
Social Agriculture Food Security Water Efficiency Water Security Climate Change Adaptation Water Management
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Severn Trent has agreed to buy rival Dee Valley Water in a deal worth around £78.5 million. Severn will pay 1,705p a share for Dee Valley, which serves around ...
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